Inside Intelligence

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about the Republican Party of Texas convention.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about the long runoffs, about the people who vote in them and about the political consequences of being named to a president’s cabinet.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about the runoffs and what they foretell for the general elections in November.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about teacher assessments, charter schools and school choice.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about the types of information that appears to be most persuasive to this year’s runoff election voters.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of politics and government insiders, we asked about property tax appraisals, whether business and residential properties are properly appraised and, as a result, whether different types of taxpayers are paying the taxes they ought to be paying.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in Texas government and politics, we asked about Gov. Rick Perry’s veto of funding for Travis County prosecutors — and the fallout.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of governmental and political insiders, we asked about forecasts of a budget surplus in 2015 and what that might mean for taxes, spending and gambling.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about the impeachment efforts against a University of Texas regent, about the reputation of UT’s flagship in Austin and about whether the turmoil will affect UT’s search for a new chancellor.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about campaign finance and disclosure.